Birth estimated
about 1720, probably at Chester County, Pennsylvania if parents are correct;
exact dates found elsewhere may have no basis.

Married
before 29 May 1742 when Exeter Meeting House noted “Sarah Boone married out of
unity with friends.”

Died 26
February 1798 in North Carolina; source - Daughters of American Revolution.
1798 is also his last year of record.

Will or
estate administration: None found

Parents:
likely George Wilcockson and Elizabeth Powell

Note: Do not confuse
with John Willcox (1728 – 1793) of Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cumberland
(1765+), Guilford (1770+) & Chatham Counties, North Carolina. His thing –
North Carolina iron works which provided much needed NC iron products;
frequently mentioned in State of NC Assembly.

Sarah (Sally) Boone

Born 7 June
1724 in Pennsylvania, source not identified. Middle name reported
"Cassandra" but proof lacking.

Died 1815
possibly in Madison County, Kentucky. See discussion of final years.

Note: Easily
confused with Sarah “Sally” Boone (1770 to ?), who is a daughter of Squire Boone
“II” + wife Jane VanCleve. This Sally Boone was the wife of John Wilcox (1766
to 1819) - son of George Wilcockson (1729/30 to 1786).

Part Five:
Who is 1806 – 1809 John Willcoxen in Greenup County, Kentucky?

Part One:

Comments

Confusion exists on children of John Wilcockson who
married Sarah Boone. This is the time to review these Wilcocksons and see if
their accuracy can be improved. Readers are invited to present their
opinions and arguments. Surname spelling in documents will be retained whenever
possible. Earliest Kentucky needs more investigation and documentation for
Wilcoxson/Willcockson/Wilcox presence.

How is the surname really spelled in those years?
Several lines did permanently change Wilcoxson to Wilcox. Those who continued
with Wilcoxson (or similar spellings) had records spelled just about every way.
Literacy back then was so marginal that individuals and scribes were often
"loose" and uncaring about actual spellings. “Wilcoxson” or
“Wilcockson” will be used here in a generic fashion.

Other Immigrants in
Maryland and New England

There are more than one Wilcoxson immigrants to
colonial American. Successful lines come out of colonial Maryland (John Wilcoxon^,
born ca1675) and New England (William Wilcockson – born 1602^^). Since these people
used very similar first names, care is needed to keep them separate from our
lines. Also, unassociated Wilcox families must be identified and kept
separate.

^ This writer
is not aware of any book published about the Maryland
Wilcoxon/Wilcoxen/Wilcoxsons. They are frequently found in Maryland Probate
Records, 1674-1774, CD #206 by Family Line Publications.

^^
Wilcox/Wilcoxson Families of New England and Their Descendants on CD1961 by
Heritage Books, Inc, 2001

Part Two:

John Wilcockson
and Sarah Boone

Marriage of Sarah
(Boone) Wilcockson

Movement Away from
Pennsylvania

Sarah Boone, daughter of Squire
Boone, was a Pennsylvania Quaker, and married outside her church to John
Willcockson. They migrated to North Carolina between 1750 – 1758 and settled
near Sarah’s father, Squire Boone. Later they moved to Kentucky and then
returned to North Carolina.

1747 Pennsylvania Land Warrant for John Wilcoxon

- New Finding for 2010 -

Two adjacent
tracts of land in the Robeson Township, Berks County were resurveyed for
(1) David Hartz et al in 1873 and (2) Aaron Freese in March 1867. Both stated
these were part of large tract of 187 acres originally surveyed in pursuance of
a warrant grant to "John Wilcoxen," dated 18th day of November
1747.*

John Wilcoxon's
warrant stated: "In pursuance of a warrant dated the 18th day of November
1747, resurveyed the 19th day of November 1798 unto John Wilcoxon, the
above described tract of land situate in Robeson township formerly in
Lancaster, now in Berks County containing 187 acres, with allowance of six
percent for roads. To Danl Brodhead Esqu, surveyor Gent. of Pennsylvania.
Signed: Geo Eckert, Junr, __ Sur."**

Above described
tract shows it being adjacent to Wm Witman & Church Land – now vacant,
Peter Behm, and George Seiphert, presumably described for 1798.**

1761 Rowan County
Tax – list of Caleb Osborn - that part Davie County: "John Wilcockson
and son George."

1762 September -
Rowan County: John Willcox was a Constable.

From M.A.
Payne: contents of a manila envelop labeled “Wilcoxson.” At top of paper “J.F.
McCubbens, Clerk Superior Court, Rowan County, Salisbury, N.C.”

1765 January 9 -
Rowan County Court: Ordered appointment of overseers for a road, which included
John Willcox to cover the road from the South Yadkin to Israel Boon’s
old place. Later in 9 May 1765, John Willcockson witnessed a deed by David
Jones to Edmond Dedman in Rowan County. “John Willcox is recorded as a
Constable in 1765 from South Yadkin to Israel Boon’s Old Place. Israel Boon
had petitioned to keep a Public House on July 1764 and listed Squire Boon and
James Carter as securities.

1768/69 Rowan
County Court: Samuel Hall versus George Willcocks (weaver), with John
Willcocks as security.

From M.A.
Payne: contents of a manila envelop labeled “Wilcoxson.” At top of paper “J.F.
McCubbens, Clerk Superior Court, Rowan County, Salisbury, N.C.”

1772 March - Rowan
County Court. Ordered that John Luckey, Robert Johnson, Samuel Luckey, William
and James and Morgan Bryan, John Wilcocks, James Brown, Theops Morgan,
Thomas and Will Willson and Luke Lee to lay off a road from the road leading
from Salisbury to the shoals of the Yadkin River. Then they were to do the
same between Second and Third Creek with this road running towards Renshaw’s
Ford on the South River, then along the dividing ridge between Rocky and Hunting
Creek, until it intersected Hunting Creek, and from the head of the creek to
the next ford above Widow Backis on the main Yadkin River, known as Samuel
Bryant’s Bottom.

John Wilcockson and some of his
sons may have left Rowan County on or before 1778, as the following notices
were made:

1778 List of
Rowan County men whose property faced confiscation (records do not show is
property actually taken: George Wilcockson, John Wilcockson

1778 Register of
persons in Captain Johnston's District who neglected or refused to appear
before the justice of their respective districts and take oath of affirmation
of allegiance to the State: David Wilcoxson, Isaac Wilcoxson

John Wilcoxson moved to Kentucky,
possibly between 1778 and 1782 and was thought to be near Fort Boonesborough or
some other location. Tudor names early settlers of Fort Boonesborough to
include “John Wilcoxson” and “Sally (Sarah) Boone Wilcox,^ (who was) a “sister
of Daniel Boone; (and had) married John Wilcoxen.” Tudor’s source for John
Wilcoxson is (1) “The Boone Family,” by Hazel Atterbury Spraker, 1923 and (2)
French Tipton Papers for Sally Boone Wilcox. Tipton’s reference was not found during
this writers April 2011 trip to Eastern Kentucky University. Tudor also
lists a different Sarah Boone, daughter of Squire and Jane Boone being at
Boonesborough. This Sarah Boone married John Wilcox (1766-1819, son of George
Wilcockson “II”) who is found in Jefferson–Shelby Counties, Kentucky beginning in
1790 or 1791. Hence in 1790/91, her name became Sarah Boone Wilcox. **

Future research needs to clarify
these details. An entry (below) by the DAR (Daughters of the American
Revolution) states John Wilcoxson was a soldier of Virginia, which must mean
Kentucky County, Virginia. What do they mean by “soldier?” Do they know
something we have not found yet?

From Daughters of the American Revolution in their
Centennial Edition, Part III

John
Wilcoxson, Senior: born about 1720 in Pennsylvania and died 26 February 1798 in
North Carolina. Married Sarah Boone. Soldier Virginia.

Sarah
(Boone) Wilcoxson: Born 7 June 1724 in Pennsylvania and died 1815 Kentucky.
Married John Wilcoxson. Patriotic service, Virginia.

There is a large monument at Fort
Boonesborough, with the names of the settlers on it. Both John Wilcoxson and
his wife, Sarah, are engraved on this monument, which is most impressive.

Earliest Known
Record for Wilcoxson Children in Kentucky

1775 and again in
1785:*** Samuel Wilcoxson returned to North Carolina to marry and lived there.

1775 - William
Bryant was at/near Fort Boonesborough in 1775^ and possibly later at Bryans
Station. ^+ He later married Rachel Wilcoxson.

~1775 - David
Wilcoxson. **

1777 - Daniel
Wilcoxson had land north of Bryans (Bryants) Station.** According to his
Revolutionary War Pension Application, he was stationed as a soldier at Fort
Boonesborough in late 1778/early 1779 to July 1779 and at Bryan (Bryants)
Station July 1779 to fall of 1783.

1779 (April) - Israel
Wilcoxson was north of Bryans Station and died there ~1781. **

1789 - Ruth
Wilcoxson, widow of Isaac Wilcoxson. **

1790 - Elizabeth Wilcoxson Cutbirth. **

^ ("Early Settlers of Fort
Boonesborough" by H. Thomas Tudor, 1995)

^^ (Dates documented in the "Certificate
Book of the Virginia Land ^^ Commission 1779-1780" by the Kentucky
Historical Society, 1992)

This is an impressive list for such an early
date in Kentucky (statehood in 1792)!

Fort Boonesborough
in 1778

In September 1778 at Fort
Boonesborough, 440 Indians and 12 French-Canadians surrounded the fort and
demanded surrender while displaying British and French flags. The Indians were
headed by the Shawnee Chief Blackfish; Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton who sent
them out to demand surrender of the Kentuckians and bring them back to Detroit
as subjects of the King. The fort only had about 60 men and boys to defend it,
and yet the settlers voted to fight, instead of surrender. For two days,
Daniel Boone pretended to negotiate a treaty while the settlers slipped in
food, cattle, hogs, horses and supplies into the fort. Finally, after the
Indians attempted to grab the Kentuckians at the negotiations, the battle for
Fort Boonesborough began. They attempted to torch the fort, pretended they had
left the area, and began several tunnels from the riverbank into the fort. So
desperate were the settlers that Daniel fashioned two wooden canons out of
logs. One cannon managed to get off one shot before it burst. Little food was
left after a week of fighting. Then a heavy rain developed one night, and when
it ceased, the sound of digging in the tunnel could no longer be heard. The
heavy rain caved-in the tunnels and caused the Shawnee Indians to quit the 9 to
11 day siege. The following morning, the people from Fort Boonesborough came
out and searched the woods for Indians, but they had gone.

Wilcoxsons at or
near Fort Boonesborough

John Wilcockson was possibly living
with one of his sons at/near Fort Boonesborough or north of Bryan’s Station sometime
between the years 1778 to 1786. He does disappear for a while from Rowan
County, North Carolina tax records after 1776. Tudor lists the following Wilcocksons
at Fort Boonesborough:

Bryan Station is another settlement that some
Wilcoxsons – Daniel Wilcoxson, Sr. and Israel Wilcoxson lived at or nearby.
The station was about 5 miles northeast of present-day Lexington, Kentucky, on
the southern bank of the North Fork of Elkhorn. The Bryans settled at the
Station in 1779, but a cabin had been built by Joseph Bryan, a son-in-law of
Daniel Boone, in 1776. The history of Bryan Station included a number of
Indian attacks. In one of the worst attacks in 1782, the women of the Station
prevented its fiery destruction by carrying badly needed buckets of water from
the spring to the station while surrounded by Indians. A memorial exists for
their efforts. Men at the Station included Daniel Wilcoxen, son of John Sr.
Daniel Wilcoxen was noted in Lieutenant in Holder’s Company on 10 June 1779. As
a soldier in July 1779, Daniel Wilcoxson transferred from Fort Boonesborough to
Bryan Station and remained there until the fall of 1783.

There is confusion on the name of
Bryan’s Station. In 1779 and 1780, eight Bryans made 13,000 acres of land
entries near the Station. Joseph, William, John, and James Bryant entered an
additional 6,000 acres. William Bryant who married Rachel Wilcoxson belongs to
a different line. The names Bryan, Bryan’s, Bryants, and Bryant Station, were
used at different times by Daniel Boone.

Bryan Station
Heroes and Heroines, Virginia Webb Howard, 1932, pg 1

Wilcocksons Move
Back to North Carolina, when?

John is said to return to North Carolina by
1783, but doesn't re-appear on Rowan County tax lists until 1787. He lived
there until 1798 or beyond. John Wilcoxson missed being on the tax list for
1778 and 1784, but his omission may be due to poor record keeping.

Deeds and Warrants of John Wilcockson

1779 October 9 –
NC Warrant #2328. John Wilcockson has a land entry request for 640 acres on
Bear Creek, including his improvement and the old survey run by James Carter. (Also,
this is recorded in Rowan County Deed Book 9, page 474)

Comment: This
appears to be a reaffirmation of land that he already owned. His earlier grant
or deed has not been identified yet. On 12 October 1759, Squire Boone and wife
Sarah deeded to Daniel Boone, son of said Squire Boone, 640 acres on Bear
Creek. On 21 February 1764, Daniel Boone and wife Rebeckah sold this land to Vancleave.

1780 January 9 -
North Carolina Entry for Warrant #2295. John Wilcockson is granted 640 acres
on both sides of Bear Creek, in Rowan County, adjacent Benley’s corner and
Thomas Mansfield’s (Maxwell's) corner. North Carolina Grant #959, surveyed 22
February 1783, and signed John Wilcockson (signed with a “J”).

10 October 1783,
State of North Carolina Grant #342 to John Wilcockson, 640 acres on both sides
of Bear Creek, adjacent Bentley and Thomas Maxfield (Maxwell).

(Rowan
County Deed Book #9, page 474, shortened to DB9/474)

24 September
1787 Rowan County, North Carolina: John Wilcockson Senior of Rowan County
deeded to Abraham Weltey, deceased, his heir, executors, administrators, and
assignees of the other part for 300 pounds, a parcel of land in Rowan County on
the waters of Bear Creek...to a red oak near Thomas Maxfield farm. (Signed:
John (x) Willcoxson. Witnesses: Benjamin Hodgens, Joseph Roland, Samuel
Willcockson.

31 July 1778 -
#1174: Daniel Lewis 600 acres on waters of Bear Creek and bounded by William
Giles, John McElhenny, John Wilcockson, Daniel Moles, including a meeting house
and his own improvement. (DB 9/209)

There is a
report that Daniel Lewis, Sr. married Hannah Wilcockson, sister to John
Wilcockson, Senior and lived in Rowan County.

1 August 1783,
#2602. Thomas Maxwell was deeded 150 acres on Bear Creek adjacent his own land
and John Wilcockson, Senior including part of Wolf Branch. Claim set up by
John Wilcockson, Senior. +

1 September
1783, Thomas Maxwell was also granted by the State #645, 327 acres on the west
side of Bear Creek adjacent John Wilcockson and his former survey. +

+ (Rowan County, North Carolina Vacant Land Entries
1778-1789, by Richard A. Enocks)

Bear Creek is northwest of
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, by about 20 miles in Davie County. An
explanation is needed for these deeds. John Granville, who never saw his vast
North Carolina lands, died in 1763, forcing his land offices to close.
Consequently, it was not possible for a settler to obtain a land title between
1763 and 1778 within the Granville area. In 1778, this changed and a claim
for land could be entered in county records, because British land rights ceased
during the American Revolution.

John Wilcoxson -
Last Years in Rowan County

1787 Rowan County
Tax: List of Capt Pearson, that part covering Davie County and the Fork of the
Yadlin:

20 July 1795
Rowan County: John Wilcockson, Senr. of Rowan County deeded to David Lewis of
Rowan County, 30 acres for 30 pounds on the waters of Bear Creek, adjacent John
Rowland. Signed: John ("f") Willcockson. Witnesses were Jacob
Roland and Samuel Kaufman. Entered August Session 1801. (DB17/727)

26 August 1795
Rowan County: John Willcoxson of Rowan County deeded to Jacob Keller of same
county...said John Willcoxson, Sr...a parcel of land in Rowan County...to the
east side of Bear Creek...granted to said John Willcoxon, Sen by the State.
(next is unreadable – underexposed microfilm)...(Signed: John ("x")
Willcoxson. Signed, sealed and delivered by William Willcockson in the
presence of William Batlens-?. Entered 16 February 1796. (DB14/388)

26 February
1798. John Willcockson, of Rowan County, North Carolina, deeded to William
Willcockson of Rowan County, for 525 pounds a parcel of land containing 165
acres on both sides of Bear Creek...part of tract of 640 acres granted unto
Jacob Keller, conveyed by J. Keller to John Willcockson and now by John
Willcockson to William Willcockson. Witnesses were Samuel Wilcockson and
Squire Willcockson. Signed: John (x) Willcockson. (DB19/254)

26 February 1798. John
Willcockson of Rowan County, North Carolina deeded to William Willcockson for
250 pounds, estimation of 160 acres on Bear Creek including John Rowland’s
line, now Edward Parkers to Jacob Keller corner. Witnesses were Samuel Willcockson
and Squire Willcockson. Signed: John (x) Willcockson. (DB19/256)

What Happened to
Sarah Wilcoxson?

“Sarah Boone Wilcoxson died at the
home of her daughter, Elizabeth Cutbirth in 1815 in Madison County, Kentucky.
...No will of either Sarah (Boone) Wilcoxson or her husband John have been
found, and no complete list of this children”

From “The Boone Family – A
genealogical History of Descendants of George and Mary Boone,” by Hazel A.
Spraker, 1923

This is disputed, as the Cutbirth
family was thought to be living in Maury County, Tennessee at this time.

Margy Miles disputed Sarah's
possible grave location: "As for Sarah, I know that it is said that she
died in Estill or Madison County in Kentucky, but don't think she is. I think
she is buried beside her husband, John, at the old Mocksville Cemetery in Davie
County, North Carolina. I knew an elderly descendant, William Willcockson,
here in St. Louis. He told me that his father took him to visit the graves of
both Sarah and John at the Mocksville Cemetery when he was a little boy. He
said he remembered distinctly seeing the stone with her name on it right beside
John. I have been to the cemetery and there is a broken stone in just the
right place to be hers. William said it IS hers and that it was broken even
back then but could still be read...."

Email, courtesy of Margy
Miles, 31 July 2009

John Willcoxen “died in Rowan
County, North Carolina, after which she removed to Kentucky with her Grandson,
Jesse Boone Willcoxen, with whom she lived until her death which took place in
the year 1814, at the age of about 97 years.”

From an 1861 letter by Jeremiah F.
Willcoxen to Lyman Draper in Draper Manuscript Collection, courtesy of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, Series 24C.

Another source added that Sarah was
probably buried in or near Jesse B. Wilcoxson’s farm in southern Clark County,
Kentucky, not far from Boonesboro. Jesse (~1780) is the son of Samuel
Wilcoxson (1755).

John and Sarah Wilcockson

Oldest
Original Log House in Davie County, North Carolina

Apparently, the original log cabin of John and
Sarah Wilcockson, thought built between 1752 and 1756 on south end of Bear
Creek, has survived in Davie County, and over the years has been incorporated
into newer sections of a larger private home. The original part of the house
was a 17 x 33 foot room with floor planks three inches thick and over 1 foot
wide, with a narrow staircase to the attic. The location of the house was not
given, and is not open to the public.

Children vary in numbers and names. Birth
dates continue to be a big time problem and better estimations are needed. In
addition, notice the similar 1755 birth year for Daniel Wilcockson, Jr., and
Samuel Wilcockson. No will or probate has been found for John or Sarah
Willcockson. As to their children, even Hazel A. Spraker wrote that there
wasn’t a complete list of names.

Jeremiah F. Willcoxen, a great
grandson of John Wilcockson “I” (~1720 - 1798), wrote three 1861 letters to
Lyman Draper of the Wisconsin Historical Society. In them, he helped to
explain the children of John Wilcockson:

Letter Number One:

28 March 1861

Mr. Draper

Dear Sir:

I am a son of Elijah Willcoxen, deceased. I
have just received a letter from you address to him. …He died 3rd
July last (1860)…(and) was born 28 July 1789.

You say you was informed that my father was a
nephew of Col. Boon. He was Grand Nephew of Col’n Boon, being a son of Samuel
Willcoxen who was a Son of John and Sarah Willcoxen, formerly Sarah Boon, a
sister of Col. Boon. John Willcoxen and Sarah Boon was married in North
Carolina (We are not in possession of the date). He died in Roann County,
North Carolina after which she removed to Kentucky with her Grandson Jesse Boon
Willcoxen with whom she lived till her death which took place in the year 1814,
at the age of about 77 years. Grandfather Samuel Willcoxen married Anna Jordon
(the date we have not). They were married in North Carolina and afterwards
removed to Kentucky where he died in the year 1825 at the age of 72 years.
Grandmother came to Illinois with our Father and remained with us till she died
in the year 17(4?)0 at the age of 84 years. Mother says she thinks Col. Boon
never revisited Kentucky after he settled in Missouri. The names of those men
whom you mention as companions of Boon are familiar to my mother in connection
with the name of Boon but she can give no historical account of them.

I take the liberty of sending you the obituary
of my father (clipped from our county paper). There is one item left out that
should have been mentioned – that he was a volunteer in the War of 1812.

Wishing you great success in your undertaking, I
subscribe myself.

Very truly yours

Jeremiah F. Willcoxen (Draper
Manuscripts 23C, #47)

Letter Number Two:

Postmarked Canton, Illinois

April 18, 1861

Mr. Draper

Dear Sir:

I received yours of the 5th Int. and
will proceed to answer your questions as nearly as Mother can remember (as we
are not in possession of family records so far back).

1st – Grandfather, had six Brothers
and 4 Sisters all older than himself except one his name was William. The
names of the older ones were John, George, Isaac, Daniel, Israel (Israel was
killed by the Indians at Boonesborough, Kentucky), Elizabeth she married
Benjamin Cutbeard, Mary married Walker, Rachel married William Byant, Sarah
married Thomas Hagans.

2nd – Great Grandfather was a native
of Wales

3rd – Uncle Jesse B. Willcoxen lived
in Madison County, Kentucky. He is not living, he has been dead about 35
years.

4th – John Willcoxen’s children are
none living.

5th – Grandfather’s Brother Daniel
Lived in Kentucky but we do not know whether he was the one you refer to and we
do not know anything about his family.

I do not remember to have heard Father relate
any important facts about Col. Boon, but what is generally known. I am not
acquainted with Richard Osbourne, but I will make some inquiries after him, if
should I see him I will do as you request.

Very Respectfully Yours. J. Willcoxen.
(Draper Manuscripts 23C, #49)

Letter Number Three: (condensed):

“My mother requested me to say that she was a
daughter of Elijah and Mary Calaway, formerly Mary Cutbirth, daughter of
Benjamin and Elizabeth Cutbirth (who) was a daughter of John and Sarah
Willcoxen. (Draper Manuscripts 23C #50)

Further comments: Missing on Jeremiah
Willcoxen's list is David Wilcoxson and Nancy Wilcoxson.

Beware that there are apparently two David
Wilcoxsons who are hard to separate. At this point in time, David Wilcoxon of
Tennessee may and may not be a son of John + Sarah Wilcoxson. Major changes
have taken place with William Wilcoxson - son of John.

(I). George
Willcockson (~1742/45 Pennsylvania to ~1799+ Tennessee) was a weaver in
Rowan County, NC; mill, distiller, and tavern owner in Sevier County,
Tennessee. Possibly was the first son. Wife in his will was Catherine.

1761 Rowan County
NC Tax: John Wilcockson with son George – 2 polls. (Note - this is the
only clue to estimating his birth date.)

1768/69 Rowan
County Court: Samuel Hall versus George Willcocks (weaver), with John
Willcocks as security.

From M.A.
Payne: contents of a manila envelop labeled “Wilcoxson.” At top of paper “J.F.
McCubbens, Clerk Superior Court, Rowan County, Salisbury, N.C.”

1775 (8 February)
Rowan County Court: George Wilcoxon, guardian of John Morgan, brought
the said John Morgan before this court and on his resistance to apply for some
magistrate for a warrant or other sufficient authority.

Abstracts of
Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions – Rowan County, North
Carolina 1775-1789, by Jo White Lynn, 1982, CB4/59)

1776 Rowan County
Tax in Capt. Lyons District: George Willcoxin (Same district as John
Willcoxon Sr. and Jr.

1778 Rowan County
Tax in Capt. Johnston's District: George Wilcoxon

1777 (August
7): Rowan County List of Men on suspicion of being unfriendly to this State.
They took the oath and signed (included) George Wilcockson.

1780 April 14 -
Greene County, old North Carolina – today’s Tennessee: George Willcockson
requested and had entered a 150 acre land grant on Dumplin Creek on this date.
Land was granted 12 July 1794.

1783 October 29 –
Greene County: George Wilcoxon entry for 640 acres on the north side of French
Broad River which was granted 8 June 1797.

1784 April 21 –
Greene County: William Wilcockson entry for 150 acres on the waters of Dumplin
Creek which was granted 8 June 1786.

1788 November 10
– Greene County: George Wilcockson has an entry for 400 acres on the north side
of French Broad River which was granted 18 August 1795.

Greene County boundaries have changed as newer
counties were established. West end of Dumpling Creek in today’s Sevier County
and east end in Jefferson County. If Wilcockson’s lands were clustered near
one another, then they were mostly in today’s Sevier County.

1788 State of
Franklin (East Tennessee): “In North Carolina records is found the following
list for the (Independent) State of Franklin ‘1788’ – Return of Field Officers
for the County of Sevier;” (included) “George Wilcockson”

“The Lesser
Franklin” by David H. Templen as found in Sevier County, Tn Genealogy and
History online

~1799 Eastern
Tennessee: "George Willcockson" and "David Willcockson"
sign next to each other on a petition to the General Assembly of Tennessee.

1799 April 16 - Jefferson County, Tennessee will abstract:
George Willcockson of Sevier County, Tennessee bequeathed to Elizabeth, his
dearly beloved wife including ½ the old plantation while she remained a
widow. He gave to his following children: Mary McKinney, Sarah Campbell,
Catharine Willcockson, Rebecca McKinney, David Willcockson and George
Willcockson. In addition, son David Willcockson received his mill and stills,
and land and possessions to the fence above the mill dam and all the lands to
the river. Son George Willcockson received his old plantation with the tavern
and all land adjoining it. Money to Nancy Stropes’ youngest child at age of
16; Diana Carter received money, his house and lot in the town of Dandridge.
Wife Elizabeth and Jeremiah Mathes were executors. Witnesses: John Tharp and
Jeremaiah Mathes. Signed; George Willcockson.

*
Jefferson County, Tennessee Will Book 1, page 82

His probated date is missing, and
therefore his date of death is not yet known. Children named in the will
appear to be adult ages.

1800 Jefferson
County, Tennessee tax list: George Willcockson, one town lot in Capt. Carson’s
Company; early tax lists appear lost for Sevier County, and also a “burned”
records county.

Children of George
Willcockson (1-6 per will):

(1). David
Willcockson is difficult to trace.

~1810 Jefferson
County, Tennessee: "David Willcoxon" is a witness in Jefferson
County, Tennessee.

Land Deeds of
Jefferson County, Tn 1792-1836, Edythe R. Whitley, 1982

1815 Sevier
County, Tennessee: Roster of Captain Simeon Perry’s Mounted Infantry Company
under command of Major General John Cocke for September to December 1815:
(included) David Willcockson

Sevier County,
Tennessee Genealogy and History online.

(2). George
Willcockson “II”. Possibly, wife’s name was Sally __ Wilcox (born 1760/70), as
found on the 1830 U.S. Census of Jefferson County, Tennessee. Nearby is a
George Wilcox born between 1790/1800, possibly “III.”

(3). Catharine
Willcockson,

(4). Mary (Willcockson) McKinney

(5). Sarah (Willcockson) Campbell

(6). Rebecca (Willcockson) McKinney

(7). (possibly) William Willcockson. “William Wilcockson”
entered 150 acres on the waters of Dumplin Creek Greene County on 21 April 1784
and was granted the land 1 November 1786. Relationship unclear, but may or
may not be a son who is not mentioned in George Willcockson’s 1799 will.

(II).Elizabeth
Wilcoxson was reported born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 17 March 174?
and died 1815 in Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee. She married on ? date
at Rowan County, North Carolina to Benjamin Cutbirth, Sr. (born about 1740
Augusta County, Virginia, per Lyman Draper). Benjamin Cutberth (born ~1740)
died about 1817 and is thought (unproven) to be buried at the Major Howell
Cemetery, in Giles County, Tennessee on Elk Ridge near the Elk River (from Tony
Cutberth, e-mail of 23 July 2005). Howell Cemetery is also reported to be
near Southport, Maury County, Tennessee.

T. S. Calloway reported Benjamin
Cutbirth, Sr. on hunting and trading trips to the Mississippi River and New
Orleans between 1765-1770. In 1767, the author, John Bakeless, recorded him
hunting with Daniel Boone and that Cutbirth’s explorations helped Boone to
become interested in Kentucky. In 1783, Elizabeth (Wilcoxson) Cutbeard was
noted as a member of Eaton’s Church in Rowan County, North Carolina and
apparently married Benjamin about 1773.

“I am unable to tell you where
Grandfather Benj. Cutbirth, Sr., went to from this country (North Carolina).
His son Benjamin settled in what is now Johnson County in Tennessee. ...Uncle
Benjamin finally moved to the State of Iowa and was living there in 1842, but I
have not heard of him since.”

From T. S. Callaway, Ashe County,
North Carolina, as written to Lyman Draper on 25 December 1883; Draper
Manuscript Collection/Wisconsin Historical Society, 9C #133

Some locations for
Benjamin Cutbirth, Sr. (Cutbeard, Cutberth, etc.)

<1775
Kentucky at St. Asaph’s Ford on Silver Creek: On 18 April 1801, Squire Boone
made a deposition (taken in Shelby County at Jacob Estleman, Justice)
concerning a land dispute between the heirs of Andrew Hannah versus William
Morrison et al. Being questioned about who crossed with him at St. Asaph’s
Ford on Silver Creek, Squire named Samuel Deil, Daniel Boone, Benjamin
Cutbeard, Joseph Roberts and Benjamin Neel, “before he entered the land.”

9 January
1799/registered 2 September 1799 Carter County, Tennessee: William McNabb
Coroner of Carter County, Tennessee deeded to Nathaniel Folsom of Carter County
- settlement of a judgment obtained by Elizabeth Dotson and Nathaniel Taylor,
administrators of the estate of George Dotson, deceased against Benjamin
Cutburth, Sr. for $15 - 200 acres lying on the Laurel Fork of Holston River
and includes the place where the said Cutberth now lives.

Old Deed Book A, Page 205, as
related in Carter County, Tn Deed Books A-B July 1796-1815 by Vicky L.
Hutchings, 2002

8 September
1800/registered 10 June 1801 Carter County: Benjamin Cutbirth, Sr. of Carter
County, Tennessee deeded to John McElyea of Carter County for $330 - 150
acres lying on the Laurel Fork of Holston beginning on a corner of Richard
Wooldrige - Witnessed by Godfey Carriger, Jr., Joseph Thompkins

10 May
1803/registered 18 October 1803 Carter County: Benjamin Cutbirth, Sr. of
Knox County, Kentucky to Joseph Wilson of Carter County, Tennessee for $300
- 50 acres being part of a tract of land granted by the State of North Carolina
to William Wilson for 200 acres, bordering a conditional line between the said
Benjamin Cutbirth and John McElyea, a fence of Benjamin Cutbirth, Jr. the north
fork of the Holston and the lower line of said Wilson. Witnessed by Alexander
Doran, Abraham Buck. (

Old Deed Book A, page 434, as
related in Carter County, Tn Deed Books A-B July 1796-1815 by Vicky L.
Hutchings, 2002

Children of
Benjamin Cutbirth and Elizabeth Wilcoxson:

(Birth Dates need
better estimations)

(1) Daniel Boone
Cutbirth (1760’s) married Elizabeth Coleman and had 11 children. One daughter
was Sabrina Cutbirth (~16 February 1799 to 26 January 1877 Huson Cemetery,
Farmersville, Collin County, Texas). Grave stone gives date of death and adds
she lived 77 years, 11 months, and 10 days. Sabrina married David Wilcoxen
“II” (1796 – 1883).

(2) Benjamin Cutbirth Jr., ~1764

(3) Mary Cutbirth married Elijah Calloway.

According to Jeremiah F.
Willcockson of Fulton County, Illinois: “My mother (Charlotte Calloway
Willcockson) requested me to say that she was a daughter of Elijah and Mary
Calaway, formerly Mary Cutbirth, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cutbirth
(who) was a daughter of John and Sarah Willcoxen.” (Draper Manuscripts 23C
#50)

(4) Sarah Cutbirth (~1772 to ~1845) is

(III). John
Wilcoxson "II" was born in Lancaster County (now Berks County),
Pennsylvania about 1743/46 and died after 1830 in Howard County, Missouri. It
is reported that he married about 1780 to Sarah Notson in Fayette County,
Kentucky.

Some locations for
John Wilcoxson, Jr. and his sons:

"Questionably"
means cannot rule out someone else such as John Wilcox, son of George Wilcoxson
"II"

1776 Rowan County, NC Tax: "John Willcoxson, Jun"
next to senior.

(Questionably) -
1786 Bourbon County: Three petitions from inhabitants of Bourbon County:
First Petition mentions..."that a number of your petitioners are settled
in that part of the said County of Bourbon which is commonly known by the name
of Limestone Settlement about 40 miles distant from the place agreed on for
holding Court...(divide) into a distinct county.... Third petition of the
inhabitants of Bourbon: most of them settled in a Village called Washington in
the settlement of Limestone in the city aforesaid...upwards of 700 hundred
acres laid off in and out lots for the use of said village...settled upwards of
50 families. ...This would be a most central and convenient place...for county
buildings (22 August 1786. (Signatures include) John Wilcox (or Willcocks) in
each petition. +*

Bourbon
County's earliest tax record is 1787 (questionably incomplete) and does not
list him.

(Questionably)
1787 Fayette County, Kentucky tax records have a John Willcox and a John
Willcocks (possibly the same person). Neither appears in later Fayette tax
records again.

(Questionably)
1787 Fayette County, Kentucky: Petition of inhabitants of Fayette County and
those contiguous to Steeles Ferry, near the mouth of Stone Lick on the Kentucky
River. ...Your petitioners are desirous of making tobacco to pay their taxes
and for other purposes have not at this time any convenient warehouse or
inspection to receive it when made, pray to establish inspection on the land of
William Steele, who has already a convenient house erected for the purpose at
his landing near his ferry on the said river. (Signatures include) John Wilcox
(Willcocks). +*

1790 U.S.
Census of Rowan County, North Carolina: "Wilcoxon, John, Jr: " 3
males 16 up, 2 males <16, 2 females. His father is also on this census.

1792 (20
August) Mercer County, Kentucky: Will of John Thompson is witnessed by John
Wilcoxson +**

1795, 1797,
1802, 1803, 1804, 1807, 1809 Clark County tax: John Willcoxson with 333 acres,
noted in 1807 on Trader Creek. Senior or Junior was not used. Sons Isaac (in
1807), Israel (1804, 1807, 1809), David (1807, 1809), and William (1803, 1809)
are also in Clark County tax lists.

1809 Clark
County tax record shows the following: Daniel Willcoxson, Israel Willcoxson,
John Willcoxson with 333 acres, David Willcoxson, William Willcockson; Jesse
Willcockson with land on/near 4 Mile Creek originally owned by William Burk.
Jesse Wilcockson is the son of Samuel Wilcoxson and grandson of John Wilcoxson,
Sr. 1803 Clark County's William Wilcoxson, if a son, was reported born 1789,
but this tax suggests the birth date might be closer to ~1782 - 1785.

(1) William
Wilcoxson was born 8 August 1789 and died 24 July 1864, buried at the Power Farm
Cemetery, Cantrall, Sangamon County, Illinois. William married Mary England (variable
dates - 14 March 1786 to 10 August 1860 Sangamon County, Illinois), sister of
Rev. Stephen England. He is on Clark County, Kentucky tax records for 1803 and
1809 as William Willcockson. Arrived in Sangamon County, Illinois in 1821 and
lived there to beyond 1860. Children of William + Mary Wilcoxson reported to
be (i) David Wilcoxson who died in Kentucky, (ii) Nancy Wilcoxson 13 June 1804,
(iii) Melinda Wilcoxson, (iv) Stephen E. Wilcoxson, (iv) Lucy Wilcoxson, (v)
Ellen Wilcoxson, (vi) William B. Wilcoxson, (vii) George W. Wilcoxson.

(2) Martha Wilcoxson (~1785) never married.

(3) David
Wilcoxson (born ~1794/95 to >1880) who married 10 June 1821 Howard County,
Missouri, to Nancy Johnson. On 1880 U.S. Census of Howard County, Missouri,
and born North Carolina.

(4) Daniel Wilcoxson

(5) Mary
Wilcoxson. There is a questionable claim by descendants that their Mary
Wilcoxson (born 24 May 1772) was a daughter of John Wilcoxson and married on 30
November 1790 to Caleb Letton. They moved to Bourbon County in 1795. (From
Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, and Scott Counties, Kentucky History, by William
Henry Perrin, 1882.). Her birth date appears to be too early and not the
correct Mary.

(6) John
Wilcoxson ('III") was born estimated 1790 and reported buried possibly at
Pioneer Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. He may or may
note be the same person noted on 1810, 1820 U.S. Census of Clark County,
Kentucky. Reported by findagrave.com to have married Adah __ (1789 – 1824) and
buried at same cemetery.

(7) Israel
Wilcoxson married Polly Fleming and moved to Boone County, Missouri. There is
an Israel Willcockson/Willcoxen/Willcoxson in 1804, 1807 and 1809 Clark County,
Kentucky, along with father John Willcoxen in tax records

(8) Amos
Wilcoxson was born 13 December 1792 and died 16 September 1871 and buried Union
Cemetery, Craighhead County, Arkansas (per findagrave.com). Amos married on 14
February 1816 Clark County, Kentucky to Vina Dawson (county record).

(9) Isaac Willcoxson
was born ~1775/79 and died September 1835, buried at Goshen Primitve Baptist
Church Cemetery, Wilton, Boone County, Missouri. Isaac married on 25 May 1797
Clark County, Kentucky to (his cousin) Rebeccah White (county record). Rebeccah
White was born ~1777 and died 24 May 1844^^ or December 184(7?) (Goshen Church
record) and buried same location. She was the daughter of William White +
Elizabeth Boone, and granddaughter of Samuel Boone, Sr. + Sarah Day. Samuel
Boone (~1728-1816) was a brother to Daniel Boone (1734-1820). They lived in
the following locations:

1797 May 19 –
Clark County, Kentucky: On 19 May 1797, “I, William White and Elizabeth White
have sertify that Isaac Willcockson may obtain __ to join in union with my
daughter Rebeccah in the said County.” (Signed) William White, Thomas Brinegar,
and William Willcockson.”^

^ From Wanda O’Dell, per Janet
Willcoxon de la Pena.

1797 May 25 -
Clark County, Kentucky: Marriage of “Rebeckah White” to “Isaac Wilcokson”
(county record). Bride and groom were reported to be age 20, which would make
their birth dates ~1777, but needs confirming.

1820’s:
Willcocksons joined the Little Bonne Femme Church, named after a nearby creek southeast
of Columbia. Church was Primitive/Regular Baptist. In 1820, cousin Lazarus
Wilcox (wife Lucy) became Clerk in 1820.

1828 November
2 – Boone County: Letters of Dismissal were written by Little Bonne Femme
Church. They soon became original charter members for the new Baptist Church
of Jesus Christ at New Salem, later known as New Salem Baptist Church in
Ashland, Boone County, Missouri.

1832
September – Boone County: Became original charter members of Goshen Primitive
Baptist Church in Wilton, Boone County. Church membership indicates Isaac
Wilcockson died September 1835 and Rebecca Wilcockson in December 1847? (date
hard to read).

1834 October
4 – Boone County: Will of Isaac Willcockson began probate 30 September 1835,
and named son Samuel B. Wilcoxson executor. (Will #231)

1840 Cedar
Township, Boone County – US Census: Rebecca Willcoxen and with 3 males. She is
next to son William W. Willcoxson and near son Samuel Willcoxen.

(ix).
Daniel Boone Willcockson (~1815 Kentucky to 1852 Bates or Vernon County,
Missouri), son of Isaac + Rebecca White Willcoxson, married on 3 April 1836 at
Goshen Primitive Baptist Church, Boone County, Missouri to Catherine Mary
Griggs (~1818 Clark County, Kentucky to 1857), daughter of John Griggs “II” and
Nancy Barnett.^ Events for this couple:

1832
September: Daniel Wilcockson and his parents are recorded on this date belonging
to the Goshen Primitive Baptist Church in Wilton, Boone County.

1835 February
2 – Boone County, Missouri: Before Daniel was married, he was involved in a
land sale of 40 acres. This land was later referred as Catherine’s “dower”
lands, which she sold to Thomas Brinegar on 5 February 1838.

1835 April:
Catherine Grigg’s Baptism record is mentioned at the same church.

1852: From
Janet Willcoxon de la Pena: It is probable that Daniel died by November 1852 in
Bates or Vernon County, Missouri. This was about of time of death for his
brother John C. Willcockson. A Boone County Court receipt dated November 1852
for $199.66 was received from Daniel’s brother Samuel Willcockson, who was the
executor for his Isaac’s estate. $6.66 was paid out for the services by Daniel
B. Willcockson and his brother, John “C” Willcockson, and was signed by (brother-in-law)
John Sappington.

1857 November
6 – Vernon County, Missouri: Estate of Catherine Willcockson was administered
by her brother, Jessie T. Griggs which was finalized 6 August 1868. Her heirs
named were Theresa A. “Fastin,” M. L. Wilcoxon, Nancy Wilcoxon, and John W.
Wilcoxon.

Children of Daniel
B. Willcockson + Catherine Griggs

(a) Napoleon R.
“Pola” Willcockson was born ~1838 and but died after 1850 US Census.

(IV).Nancy
Wilcoxson was born 17 May 174? at Lancaster County (now Berks County),
Pennsylvania and died 30 October 1790 at Wilkes County, North Carolina. Nancy
married Benjamin Greer (1741 to 23 October 1816) and her household of 9 males
and 1 female was noted on the 1790 Wilkes County census. Benjamin married 2nd
to __.

“My Grandfather (Benjamin Greer, Sr.), was seven
months younger than Daniel Boone to the day and date ...removed to Kentucky
about the year 1800 and settled there in Green County on Green River ...and
died there.”

Leah Greer Barrow relates, "Benjamin Greer
was (my grand ancestor). ...My grandfather John U. Greer was born in Ashe
County, North Carolina in 1867. He died in 1972 in Pike County, Kentucky. My
father built my grandfather a cabin when I was about six, so I got to see him
cook over an open fire and he would go into the mountains and stay for days
living on what grew and what he could catch. I was born on a farm, just over the
mountain of Wise, Virginia which had been in the family since the founding of
Kentucky." Leah relates more about the Greer herb business in the chapter
about Silas Morphew, ~1752 – 1807. (E-mail courtesy of Leah Greer Barrow, 10
April 2006)

Children of Benjamin Greer and Nancy Wilcoxson are
reported to be (needs confirming): (1) Rachel Greer, 31 March 1768, (2) Jesse
Greer, Sr., 14 November 1778, (3) David Greer, 2 February 1781, (4) William
Greer

(V).Isaac
Wilcoxson was born before 1751 in Bucks County or Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania and died before 10 October 1783. He married Ruth (Johnston-?)
about 1775. There are two other Isaac Wilcoxsons to consider when looking at
records. Uncle Isaac Wilcockson died in 1765 and cousin Isaac Wilcoxson
(Wilcox) was born about 1770. Ruth's maiden name may be Johnston because of her
numerous Johnston interactions. After 1800, she changed to the Wilcox spelling.

1771 (12
February) Rowan County: Orphans of Isaac Willcock, deceased – William,
Daniel, and Martha came into court and chose as their guardian, Isaac
Willcock, under 100 pound bond with George Willcocks and John Bryant as
security.

1772 Rowan County
tax: William Sharp's District: David Jones with Daniel Wilcox; 7 entries away
is "Isaac Wilcox and William Wilcox - 2 polls." Also, named
in 1772 is George Wilcox

Comment: No matter how useful these
Rowan County tax lists, we always see a very incomplete list of Wilcocksons.
Rowan County lands for this Isaac Wilcoxson have not been identified at this
time. Possibly, he is working his father's - John Wilcoxson's Bear Creek lands
or he was leasing property.

1783 (5 August)
Rowan County Court (4:368): Administration of the Estate of Isaac Willcox,
deceased, granted to widow Ruth Willcox who gave 200 pounds bond with Isaac
Rich and John Johnston security and qualified. An inventory of the Estate was
filed 5 November 1783.

(Abstracts of Minutes of the Court
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions – Rowan County, North Carolina 1775-1789, by Jo
White Lynn, 1982)

After Isaac Wilcockson died in ~1783, his wife
Ruth makes the following records:

1783 September 23
- Rowan County: Ruth Wilcoxon 80 acres on the waters of Dutchman's
Creek and adjacent Isaac Wilcockson (deceased), Thomas Thompson, and
John Johnston. ("Deceased" is added by this writer)

1783 October 10 -
State of North Carolina Land Grant #257: To Ruth Wilcockson, 320 acres
in Rowan County on the waters of Dutchman's Creek...James Nolands corner and on
William Whitaker's line. (DB9/513)

1783 October 15 -
Wilkes County: Randolph Fugit and wife deeded to Ruth Wilcoxson for
500 pounds...a tract of land in Wilkes county...243 acres on the south fork of
Roaring River on the Yadkin waters...beginning on a hillside near the creek. (DB
A-1/)

1785 September 14:
Ruth Willcoxon of Rowan County do make constitute, ordain, and appoint
Major John Johnston of Rowan County, lawful attorney for me and in my name to
grant bargain and __ unto Basil Gaither, his heirs, a parcel of land in Rowan
County where the Widdow Barns? now lives and also 30 acres adjoining out of a
tract of land I now live on, and also all my estate rights, little property,
(and so on). (Signed) Ruth Willcoxson. Witnesses: James Reid, Martha
Gray. John Johnston, my attorney who may think needful in keeping fully and
clearly given under my hand as above. (DB 13/93).

1786 July 18 -
Rowan County: Ruth Wilcoxson of Rowan County deeded to James Noland for
60 pounds a parcel of land, estimated 90 acres, in Rowan on Dutchman's Creek,
corner on William Whitaker's line...James Read's line...to said Nolands line.
Registered August 1787. (DB 11/77)

1787 Rowan County
Tax: Basil Gaither's District: Ruth Willcox with 0 white males 21+, 1
white male <21 or 60+, 5 females. Also in district is George Willcockson,
Jr., son of George Wilcoxson "II."

1787
September 14 Wilkes County: Power of attorney from Ruth Willcockson, Rowan
County to William Willcockson to sell land in Wilkes County to Benjamin Adams.
Signed; Ruth Willcockson. Witnesses: James Reed and Martha Gray. (Wilkes
County Will Book 1/274/275) On this same date Rowan County: Ruth Willcockson
acknowledges Power of Attorney before Basil Gaither, Jr. Justice of the
Peace. Thanks go to Judy Brown for finding the power of attorney entries.

~1787 (Date
missed) State of North Carolina grant #1252 to Ruth Wilcoxon, a tract of
land 107 acres in Rowan County on the waters of Dutchman's Creek...on John
Johnson's line on the west...to said Thomas Thompson line...to Isaac Johnson's
line. (DB 11/ 688-689)

1789 July 24 -
Fayette County, Kentucky Tax: Aaron Wilcocks, Daniel Wilcocks, and Ruth
Wilcocks. 1789 is the only year that Ruth Wilcox (Wilcoxson) shows up on
the Fayette County taxes.

1792 November 2 -
Rowan County: Ruth Wilcockson of Kentucky by virtue of a power of
attorney given to John Johnston of Rowan County, bearing date of 14 September
1785, and attested by James Reed and Martha Gray, deeded to Joseph Dial of Rowan
County...for 420 pounds...parcel of land in Rowan County on the waters of
Dutchman's Creek granted by the State of North Carolina to Ruth Willcockson,
bearing date 25 October 1786, also 30 acres of a tract granted to aforesaid
part of the original tract she formerly lived on...to John Johnstons...to
Thomas Thomas...to Isaac Johnston. Signed: Ruth Willcoxson (seal), Entered
September 1795. (DB 14/68)

1791 to 1795
Woodford County, Kentucky: Ruth Wilcoxson with 3 to 5 horses and in
1795 with 40 acres of land on Clear Creek. In 1796 to 1797, her son Joseph
Wilcoxson continues with 40 acres of land on Clear Creek.

1810 U.S. Census
of Shelby County, Kentucky: Ruth Wilcox. Next to her is Joseph Wilcox and
nearby is Matthew Bucey.

The children of Isaac
Wilcoxson and his wife Ruth are:

(1) Joseph Wilcox (23 August 1775
to 20 July 1841 Randolph County, Missouri) married 21 August 1809 Shelby
County, Kentucky to Elizabeth Woolfolk (county record). 1800 to beyond 1815,
Ruth's son Joseph Wilcox is in Shelby County, Kentucky and has up to 200 acres
on Joptha(?) Creek. In 1815, Joseph Wilcox had 740 acres on Benson Creek
which forms a boundary between today's Shelby and Franklin County.

(2) Margaret Wilcockson (1782 to
about 1857 Morgan County, Kentucky) married 11 January 1800 at Shelby County,
Kentucky to William Congleton (county record).

(3) Patty Wilcockson married 8
September 1796 Woodford County, Kentucky to Daniel Bromley.

(VI). Sarah Wilcoxson
was born before 1755 and died after 1820. She married, date unknown, to Thomas
Hagans or Hagan (born <1752 to >1807/08). After Thomas Hagans died about
1808, Sarah probably (not proved) married 2nd to William Clark. Dates of
death are speculation.

Pat Frunzi gives the following information,
courtesy emails of 2 January 2002, 23 July 2006, and 19 October 2007:

Known documents and
locations:

1778 Rowan County, North Carolina Buffalo Creek in the Forks
of the Yadkin

1784-85 reported
to be a chain carrier for Daniel Boone's survey work in Kentucky under the
surname of Thomas Higgins.

1787 to 1792
Fayette County, Kentucky on or near 4 Mile Creek. Some of this land was turned
over to their son, David Hagans in 1800.

1789-1795,
1797-1799 Clark County, Kentucky (established 1792)

1800 – 1801
Madison County, Kentucky tax records; both Sarah and Thomas. In 1807, Clay
County was formed from Madison and a "Thomas Higgins" is on the first
tax list, but not after that.

1800 Madison
County: William Clark witnessed a document from Thomas and Sarah Hagans to son
David for their land in Clark County, Kentucky.

1808 (14 May)
Clay County, Kentucky: "Sarah Higgins" is thought to have married
William Clark. Clark, a widower, born estimated 1740.

1808 Clay
County: Thomas Brinegar has 700 acres on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky
River. (In about 1807, the northern part of Clay County was formed from
Madison County. William Bryant is also there and David Higgins has 470 acres
listed on the North Fork of the Kentucky River.

1810 Clay County,
Kentucky Census: One male and one female 45+, no children. Nearby on this
census were Thomas Brineger and William Bryant. Bryant married Rachel
Wilcockson (~1785), daughter of John Wilcockson + Sarah Boone.

1811 Clay County
Tax List- William Clark: In 1815, part of Clay was given to Estill County.

1818 Estill
County: Isaiah Wilcoxson and widow Sarah Clark were executor and executrix of
the Will of William Clark.

1819 Estill County,
Kentucky: William Clark's will was probated.

1820 Estill
County, Ravenna, Kentucky: Sally Clark alone in household, age 45+. She is
between Thomas Bybee and Samuel Wilcoxen. Bybee married 1st to a different
Rachael Hagans and 2nd to Deborah Wilcoxson, sister of Sarah Wilcoxson.
Nearby on the 1820 census was Thomas Brinegar or Brinigar who probably married
to Rachel Hagan, daughter of Thomas Hagan and Sarah Wilcoxson (born before
1755) – see (3) below.

William Clark died in Estill
County, Kentucky with his will written 29 July 1818 and probated May 1819. The
will named his wife Sarah, sons David and Henry, granddaughter Leah Clark. It
also mentioned Thomas Clark, Sarah Parker Clark, and Leah York Clark.
Executors were his wife Sarah Clark and Isaiah Wilcoxon."

Children of Thomas and Sarah Hagan
(Hagans) were:

(1) David Hagans was born ~1772 in
North Carolina and died 1 August 1854 in Clark County, Kentucky.

(2) Sarah Hagans was born 1783/84
in North Carolina and died after 1850. From Pat Frunzi: On an 1850 Census, she
is recorded age 66 and born in North Carolina.

(3) Rachel Hagans was born between
1770 – 1775 in North Carolina and died 6 May 1832 in Estill County, Kentucky.
Rachel probably married Thomas Brinegar (not certain), who lived close by to
William Clark/Sarah Clark on Clay County 1810 and Ravenna, Estill County 1820
Census records.

(VII).Israel
Wilcoxson was born in Rowan County, North Carolina before 1755 and died
1781 near Bryan Station, Fayette County, Kentucky at 26 years of age. See
Indian story of Daniel Wilcoxson.

“Israel Wilcockson” is listed as a Virginia
solder in the Revolution – probably Kentucky County, Virginia (Revolutionary
Soldiers of Virginia,” by Eckenrode, 1911).

Land Worked by
Israel Wilcoxson

10 December 1780: Levi Todd Assignee of Israel
Wilcox this day claimed a preemption to a tract of land of 400 Acres at the
State price in the District of Kentucky lying between the lower Blue Licks to
Limestone run and Lawrence Creek about 10 miles from the Licks and two miles
from Wm. McConels, including a spring and improvement by the said Wilcox making
an Actual settlement in April 1779, satisfactory proof being made to the
Court, they are of opinion that the said Todd has a right to a preempt’n of 400
Acres of land to include the above Location and that a Certificate issued
accordingly.

(From Certificate Book of the
Virginia Land Commission 1779-1780,” by the Kentucky Historical Society,
1981).

This land is about 10 miles
northeast of Blue Licks Battlefield State Park and closer to the Ohio River.

(VIII).Lt.
Daniel Wilcoxson was born 13 March 1755 at Rowan County, North Carolina and
died 17 June 1837 in Shelby County, Kentucky. Birth date is from his
Revolutionary War pension application which does not name his wife or children.
Death date is from his son Lewis Wilcoxson in a Power of Attorney document
dated 17 March 1855. He is reported to have married Sarah Faulkner or
Faulconer at Bryans Station October 1780, but proof is lacking. Daniel is
buried at R. Brewers Farm Cemetery, east from Bagdad, Shelby County, Kentucky.

In a reminiscence written in 1898
about Daniel, a son related what a grandmother had told him regarding an Indian
attack near Bryant Station. ...”When plowing time came Daniel Wilcoxson and his
brother were in the fields, Daniel was plowing and his brother sitting on a log
picking the flint of his gun (one would plow and the other watch for Indians)
when an Indian slipped up and tomahawked one on the log. Daniel ran, the
Indian after him. The Indian was so near that when Daniel was on top of the
fence, the Indian was at the bottom. ...Daniel barely escaped with his life.”

(From Filson Club History as
related by Hazel A. Spraker in “The Boone Family”)

Spraker also added that she found a
reminiscence written by a Mrs. S. B. Davis - a descendant of Daniel Wilcoxson.
Davis recalled her grandmother stating Sarah Wilcoxson (likely to be wife of
Daniel) was present at the time of this Indian attack and went out to help
Daniel to safety.

(The Boone Family by Ella Hazel
Atterbury Spraker, 1922 and later editions, page 57)

1777 Kentucky: Daniel
Wilcoxson was in Kentucky in 1777, according to 1779 Virginia Land Commission.

“Daniel Wilcoxson this day
(10 January 1780) claimed a settlement and preemption to a tract of land in the
district of Kentucky lying about 8 or 9 miles from Bryants Station on the
dividing ridge between the big fork of Elkhorn and Coopers Run, a branch of
Licking Creek, including a sinking spring by settling in the Country in the
year 1777 and residing ever since; satisfactory proof being made to the court,
they are of Opinion that the said Wilcoxson has a right to a settlement of 400
acres of land including the above location and the preemption of 1000 acres
adjoining and that a Certificate issue accordingly”

From
Certificate Book of the Virginia Land Commission, 1779-1780,” by Kentucky
Historical Society, 1981, page 124.

Coopers Run is about 4 miles
northwest of Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Big fork of Elkhorn is a problem
in that its main forks are too far west to be the right location. This writer
believes that Daniel’s land could be 8 to 9 miles straight north of Bryan(s)
Station. This would be at the northern point to today’s Fayette County,
between the landmark of Jimtown and the landmark of Elizabeth Station on the
Bourbon County side. Sometime during 1777, settlers abandoned many fortified
stations due to Indian threats or actual attacks. These settlers gathered at
the three remaining settlements in Kentucky – Boonesborough, Harrodsburg and
Logan’s Station (St. Asaph’s). *

* Daniel Boone, by John Bakeless,
1938/1965, page 144.

1778 September: Siege of Boonesborough takes place.

Undated - Boone’s
Fort was built in 1775 and among its (early) occupants were: (included) Daniel
Wilcoxon

1778 to 1783
– From his 1832 Pension Application S16582 (abstracted): In the fall of the
year 1778 - September, he - Daniel Wilcoxen volunteered in Rowan County, North
Carolina, in the company commanded by John Holder. He was ordered to Kentucky
to guard and defend Boonesborough, a fort situated on the Kentucky River. Daniel
with Holder’s Company” remained at Boonesborough until the 1st of July
1779, when he was ordered to Bryant’s Station at which place he remained in
service until the fall of 1783.” At Booneborough, Daniel served first in Captain
William Hogan’s Company, and 2nd in Capt Robert Johnston’s Company (the
father of Colonel Richard M. Johnston) in whose company Wilcoxen remained until
the fall of 1783 when he was discharged. He was a Lieutenant. Some years after
Bryant’s Station, he moved to Shelby County where he was living in 1832.

1779 (14
October): Petition of distressed inhabitants of the County of Kentucky, situate
in this remote part, exposed to all the barbarous ravages of inhuman
savage….animated by (British) Governour Hamilton has enabled them to hold up a
constant war this 4 years...get speedy redress... (or) go down the Mississippi
to Spanish protection...many of our inhabitants both married and single have
been taken by the Indians and carried to Detroit, others killed..... We who
first settled...think 400 acres too small a compensation. Those who have
settled since...1777...deprived of the opportunity of securing any land except
400 acres at the state price.... (On the other hand,) those who have been in
the country within the year 1778...are entitled to...1000 acres(!) Cheerfully
refer the whole of our grievances to do as you in your wisdom may think right.
(Signatures include) “Daniel Willcockson.” +*

1779 – 1783: Daniel Wilcoxon made a deposition for a Fayette
County Court case of James Moore versus Henry Watkins. Both claimed the same
land on waters of north fork of Elkhorn including a clay lick on the dividing
ridge between Licking and north fork of Elkhorn. Daniel’s deposition was taken
at the house of Elizha Wooldridge in Woodford County on 2 May 1803.

“I was well acquainted with the
dividing ridge between Elkhorn and Licking rivers from fall of 1779, 1780, and 1781.
There was a number of Licks on said ridge and they were generally called clay
licks particularly between head of Little North Fork of Elkhorn and the head of
Cooper’s Run, a branch of Licking.“

Question by defendant – Were you
acquainted with the county or neighborhood adjacent to McClelland’s Fort in
year 1780 did you know of any road leading to Riddle’s Station? Answer: “I
know of no leading road but was very well acquainted with the country about it
as it was my principle hunting ground from 1779 to 1783.”

Question by Complainant – Was you
so well acquainted on said dividing ridge as to be particularly acquainted with
all the licks on said ridge? Answer: “I cannot tell perhaps there might be
licks that I know nothing of.” Question by same – was you fully as well
acquainted with the part of the ridge from Cooper’s Run to head of Eagle Creek
as towards the little north fork of Elkhorn? Answer: “I think I was equally
well acquainted with each part for I hunted throughout every quarter in the part
of the country but not till 1779.”

Question by same – Do you think
from knowledge of the country that there could have been a trace from
McClelland’s Fort to Riddle’s Station with a discovery of it from 1776 to
1783? Answer: “It may be possible that there might be a trace before 1779
because I was not acquainted till 1779 and from 1779 to 1783, I was acquainted
there and never discovered any trace leading from the one place to the other.”

1780: Daniel Wilcoxson made a 2nd deposition
regarding a court case of Humphrey Marshall versus Abraham Buford. Both
claimed a large area of land on Big Bone Lick Creek and an adjacent creek which
emptied into the Ohio River. “Deposition of Daniel Wilcoxson, aged about 50
years (taken at the house of Henry Watkins, in the town of Versailles, on
Saturday, July 29, 1804):

I “was at the Big Bone Lick near
the Ohio River in 1780 which is now Boone County. That he traveled to the Lick
with Bartlett Searcy and when they struck a creek said Searcy informed deponent
it was the Big Bone Lick creek and they traveled down said creek to the Big
Bone Lick, which extended over several acres of land and he has been on same
creek two or three times since and heard it called Big Bone Creek and nothing
else.”

Ibid, page 149. Their Source –
Fayette County Record Book A, page 487.

Comment: Bartlett Searcy was a
Deputy Surveyor of Fayette County in 1782.

1781:
Revolutionary War pension application by Joseph Faulconer (Faulkner) stated a
long history of service from 1779 to 1784. Among his duties later in the year
1780, he served six months under the command of Captain Charles Gatliff at
Bryant’s Station. He continued in actual service for six months, frequently
making excursions through the country in different directions and performing
duties assigned him. At the expiration of the term, he was discharged. “Among
all the individuals with whom he acted in the said six months of service, he
knows of but one that is now living, Daniel Wilcox of Shelby County” who
he believed was a Lieutenant in Captain Ro. Johnson’s Company in March 1781.

Revolutionary War Pensions of
Soldiers Who Settled in Fayette County, Kentucky by Annie Walker Buins, 1936,
page 36-38.

Joseph
Faulkner is thought to be the brother of Daniel Wilcoxson’s wife Sarah/Sally.

1782: Author John
Bakeless states this was Kentucky's "Year of Blood" from Indian
attacks who "were everywhere."

1788 (17
September Fayette County): Petition of subscribers inhabitants of Fayette
County...conceive a division of our county...as litigants live so remote from
Lexington where our Courts are held that they cannot attend without incurring a
greater expense than they can sustain. (Signatures include) Daniel Wilcocks +*

1791 to 1813+
Woodford County, Kentucky tax: Daniel Wilcoxson with 150 acres on Greer’s
Creek, surveyed for and patented by himself. Beginning in 1807, his tax
records add a younger male, age 16-20 and in 1813 two younger males 16-20. Tax
records were not reviewed after 1814.

? - 1799 Clark
County tax – Daniel Wilcoxen

? - 1809 Clark
County tax – Daniel Willcoxson

179(6?)
October 4 – Woodford County, Kentucky: Indenture - Daniel Wilcoxson and Sarah
his wife of Woodford deeded to Henry W. Field of same county for 80 pounds
money, a track of land lying in Woodford County on the (unreadable) Fork of
Greers Creek containing 40 acres, beginning at Jacks(?) preemption on said
Fields line…Jacks line…Eagin’s line…crossing north fork of Greers Creek…meandering
up creek…to said Fields line. Signed: Daniel Wilcoxson (seal) and Sally “x”
Wilcoxson (seal). No Witnesses. October Court 1796: Sally his wife agreed to
sale. (DB C2/43)

1808
September 20 – Woodford County: Whereas I formerly purchased a certain ___ of
land, then estimated to contain 100 acres and it now appears to contain
121/9…12/?…27/p (127?) …said land hereafter be taken by a superior claim, I do
hereby exonerate Daniel Wilcoxen and his heirs for being responsible in any
manner whatever, for the surplus or any part thereof. Witnessed my hand and
seal this 20th day September 1808. Signed: John Whitaker (seal)
Witnesses: Richard Fox and Rawleigh Hudson. Entered 8 October 1808. (DB
D/391)

John Whitaker was the 2nd husband
of Martha Wilcox/Wilcockson, daughter of Isaac Wilcoxson (~1727 to 1765). On 20
September 1808, Rawleigh Hudson also signed a similar exoneration of Daniel
Wilcoxen. (DB D/393)

1808
September 27 – Woodford County: Indenture – Robert Johnson, surviving trustee
of John Craig and the said John Craig and Sarah his wife of Boone County,
Kentucky deeded to Daniel Wilcoxen of Woodford County for $2310 Kentucky
money…tract or parcel of land in Woodford County…north side of the south fork
of Craig’s Creek corner to William Strather, meandering up said creek…to corner
of said Strather in Rawleigh Hudson’s line…to Bullocks line…to Delanys Road,
then with middle of road…to Spencer Gill’s line …to Mitthels old survey…near
__borough Meeting House…to Robert Shell, crossing a branch to beginning.
Estimated 231 acres. Signed: John Craig (seal) and Sally Craig (seal).
Witnesses: Isaac Wilson, John Whitaker, John Whitaker Jr. Entered 28
September 1808.

1808 October
1 – Woodford County: Indenture – Daniel Wilcoxen and Sally his wife of Woodford
County deeded to John Whitaker of same county for $1210 Kentucky dollars…tract
or parcel of land in Woodford County on the waters of Craig’s Creek, beginning
at a Stone on John Jouells? line corner to Robert Shelters…on north side of
South Fork of Craig’s Creek and thence up said fork meandering to Hudson’s
corner…to a stone on Delanys Road at Hudson’s corner… to Alexander Mitchells
corner…containing 121 acres. (Signed) Daniel Wilcoxon (seal) and Sally
Wilcoxon (seal). Witnesses none. Entered 8 October 1808. (DB D/389)

1808 October
8 – Woodford County: Indenture – Daniel Wilcoxen and Sally his wife of Woodford
County, deeded to Rawleigh Hudson of same county for 1000 dollars Kentucky
contain a tract or parcel of land in Woodford County on waters of Craig’s
Creek, bounded as follows…stone on Delany’s Road to John Whitaker...to corner
of William Strother…to east side of the road with the middle of the
road…containing 109 acres. Signed: Daniel Wilcoxen (seal) and Sally Wilcoxen
(seal). Witnesses none. Entered 18 October 1808. (DB D/390)

1810 and 1820
U.S. Census of Woodford County: Daniel Wilcoxson. In 1810 Daniel Wilcoxson
was noted as head of a family of eight.

1811 August 4
– Woodford County: Indenture – Samuel Pawzey on Henry County, Kentucky deeded
to Daniel Wilcoxson of Woodford County, for 50 Kentucky dollars, a tract or
parcel of land situate in Woodford County on waters of Greer’s Creek, estimated
24 acres, beginning on bank of the south fork of Greer’s Creek where the line
of Craig and Johnstons preemption of 1000 acres, an assignee of Joseph McClain,
crosses the said fork…to the bank of the North Fork of the aforesaid Greer’s
Creek, then down said North Fork…to the mouth of the aforesaid South Fork,
thence up South Fork…. (Signed) Samuel Rowzee (seal). Entered 4 September
1811. (DB E/308)

1817 May 9 –
Woodford County: Indenture from Daniel Wilcoxson of Woodford and Lewis F.
Stevens of Franklin County, Knetucky deeded to Benjamin Watkins of Woodford
County for $150, land in Woodford County on the South Fork of Greer’s Creek,
being part of a survey of 320 acres in the name of John Falkner containing 32 ¾
acres. Description: to top of a clift of a branch on the north side of said
branch corner to said Benjamin Watkins on Willis Fields’s line...to Watkins
line…crossing a branch to Benjamin Watkins..to John Falkner’s line…to north
bank of a branch…up to a cliff. (Signed): Daniel Wilcoxen. Witnesses
probably Herman Bowman, Jr., Clerk of County Court. Recorded 1 March 1836.
Bowman noted this deed was “left in my office unrecorded by John Mckinnen, Jr.,
late clerk with his endorsement and acknowledged by Wilcoxson 9 May 1817 and
entered into record 18 January 1837.” (DB O/234)

1821 February
3 – Woodford County: Indenture from Daniel Wilcoxson and Sally Wilcoxon his
wife of Shelby County deeded to Joseph Frazer of Woodford County for $1500 U.S.
a certain tract or parcel in Woodford County on Greer’s Creek containing 98
acres with appurtences. Description: To Lewis Sublett running with his line…to
Joseph McCleans line…to south bank of north fork of Greer’s Creek, corner to
Willis Field, then down said north fork to junction of north and south forks,
up south fork to Joseph McClean’s line…to Heatt’s line…to Benjamin Watkins.
(Signed) Daniel Wilcoxson (seal) and Sally “x” Wilcoxson. Witnesses only
county clerk and signed in County Clerks office 3 February 1821 (DB K/259)

1832 December 17
- Shelby County: Lt. Daniel Wilcoxen (also Wilcoxson or Wilcoxon) applied for
Revolutionary War Pension, #S16582. On 4 March 1834, he was grant 120 dollars
per annum with back pay from 4 September 1832. He stated on the application
that he was born 13 March 1755 in Rowan County and he lived there when he enlisted.
Pension shows he died in Shelby County on 16 June 1837.

1837 (16 June)
Shelby County: Daniel Wilcoxson filed his will March 1832 Shelby County,
Kentucky naming William Wilcoxson and Henry Bohannon a friend, executors. He
died 16 June 1837.

Children of Daniel
Wilcoxson and Sarah Faulker, born after 1780

(1). William Wilcoxson (12 April 1789, Fayette County,
Kentucky to 6 October 1874 Green County, Kentucky). He married Catherine
Wilcoxson, daughter of William and Nancy Wilcoxson. They lived in the
following locations:

1840 U.S. Census
of Green County, Kentucky: William Willcoxson, born 1880-1890 and family

(7) Lewis
Wilcoxson married on 27 October 1829 Shelby County to Nancy Miles.

Lewis Wilcoxson was a member
Kentucky State Legislature from Bullitt County in 1820, 1822, 1822, 1825, and
1829. On 17 March 1853, Lewis Wilcoxson gave a power of attorney to George H.
Monsarrat to defend a government claim that Revolutionary War pension money paid
his father Daniel Wilcoxson was an invalid claim. Lewis noted that his father
Daniel died in Shelby County, Kentucky on 16 June 1837. Witnesses to the
Power of Attorney were Laurindo Wilcoxson and Amanda Wilcoxson. Note: There
is another Lewis Wilcoxen in Kentucky about this time who hasn’t been checked
out.

(9) Joyce
Wilcoxson, daughter of Daniel Wilcoxson, married on 18 September 1821 Shelby
County to Abraham Lewis, son of James Lewis (county record).

(10) Daniel
Wilcoxson "II."

1814
November 10: Private Daniel Wilcoxon enlisted this date in Captain James
Ford’s Company of Kentucky Detached Militia, commanded by Lt. Col. Presley
Gray. Company appears to be from Shelby County.

Report of the Adjutant General of
State of Kentucky – Soldiers of the War of 1812, 1891 reprint, page 307.

1816 December 10 Shelby County: Marrage
record for Daniel Wilcoxson to Lucy Masterson, daughter of John Masterson with
bond by Charles Masterson.

(IX).Samuel
Wilcoxson was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on 24 February 1755 and
died 16 September (or November) 1825 at Stanton, Powell County, Kentucky.
Samuel married Anna Jordon at Rowan County, North Carolina. See next
generation in his chapter. Note that he has the same birth year as Daniel
Wilcoxson; one being incorrect.

(X). Mary
Wilcoxson was born about 1760 and died 1820 at Femme Osage, Boone County,
Missouri, or Calloway County, Missouri. Mary married Renelder Walker on 27
November 1778 at Wilkes County, N.C. (county record), bondsman Charles Walker,
Daly Walker. Marriage bond spells name "Renelder Walker." Mary
needs a serious review as to why she married in Wilkes County which seems out
of place.

(XI).Rachel
Wilcoxson was born in Rowan County, North Carolina about 1765, and died
about 1821 in Callaway County, Missouri. She married about 1790 in Rowan County,
North Carolina to William Bryant (1748-1833).

William Bryant was noted at Fort
Boonesborough in 1775 ^ and later is thought to be an early settler of Bryan’s
Station and helped to build a blockhouse there. + He returned to North
Carolina and enlisted three times in the American Revolution in 1780 and 1781,
and was at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and Siege of Yorktown. William
and his wife are alone in their household in 1810 Estill County, Kentucky, both
listed as age 45+. William was part of an interesting lawsuit in 1815, which
involved his son, Hiram Bryant, and Squire and Elijah Wilcoxson (see details in
Samuel Wilcoxson Chapter under Squire Wilcoxson). Later William and Rachel
Bryant moved on to Missouri. He applied for a pension at Boone County,
Missouri on June 25th, 1833.

After review, this writer believes William
Wilcoxson (born before 1755 to >1820) - son of John Wilcoxson, went back to
Berks County, Pennsylvania. Previous texts indicated this was the son of Isaac
Wilcoxson. Detailing for Isaac and his son William can be found in the George
Wilcockson (~1692) chapter.

2 – Which William
Wilcoxson Married Rachel Boone (1750 to -?)

Less understood is the wife(s) of William
Wilcoxson - son of John. Again older texts state William Wilcoxson - son of
Isaac married on 30 July 1777 to Rachel Boone, who was born 21 April 1750 in
Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Birth date comes from her father’s
records. Exeter Meeting House records state Rachel was born 10th
day, 2nd month of 1750 with the father being James Boone and mother
Mary. This writer believes the Berks County records belong to the William -
son of John Wilcoxson

In 12 July 1785, Rachel Wilcockson was named in the will of her
father, James Boone, Sr. which was filed in Berks County, Pennyslvania. There
is a second 1785 Berks County will filed by John Boone. In it, he named his
niece Rachel Willcockson and stated she was the wife of William Willcockson.
Both James Boone, Sr. and John Boone lived in Exeter Township, Berks County
with John being a school teacher who never married.

3 - Where did
William Wilcoxson live in his final years?

Dorothy Wulfeck wrote in her book^^ that William,
son of John, died before November 1828 in Barren County, Kentucky. Others
believe that the Barren County's Wilcox belongs to the son of George Wilcoxson.

Oddly enough, both William Wilcoxsons can be
tracked in U.S. Census records by identifying how many (sadly to report) slaves
each had in census records from 1790 through 1820. William Wilcoxson - son of
John, had a stable number of two from 1790 thru 1820, while William - son of
Isaac has an ascending number. Also, William Wilcoxson, son of John, is now
estimated born 1750-1755 which might not make him the youngest child of John +
Sarah Wilcoxson.

30/7/1777 – Exeter
Monthly Meeting, Berks County, Pennsylvania: Informed that Rachel Wilcoxon,
formerly Boone, daughter of James Boone, hath accomplished her marriage by the
assistance of a priest with a man not in membership with Friends.

1784 August 27 - Rowan
County, North Carolina abstract (very faded, worn, some lines partly torn off):
Indenture between William Hall of Rowan County, Yeomen of the first part and William
Willcockson and James McCullough, Gentlemen of the Township of Oly, Berks
County, Pennsylvania, of the other part are jointly bound unto a certain John
Burkholder of Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in and by a
certain obligation…sum of 320 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania gold or
silver (with) payment of 160 pounds money on the 27th day of May
next__, the date for the lawful titles…which (will) discharge the recited obligations…(when)
the said William Hall (is) paid by the William Willcockson and James McCullough.

Granted, sold (1) 496 acres and (2)
240 acres (location and State never given) with houses, buildings, 4 slaves, 2
waggons and team with gears, all the stock, cattle, household __, furniture
unto William Willcockson and James McCullough, their heirs and assigns to only
the use…as tenants in common and not a joint tenants….

York County, Pennsylvania…date of
forgoing mortgage…William Hall came before me – George Stake and acknowledged
the said indenture of mortgage, recorded 27 August 1784. (Rowan County DB 10/01)

Comment: It appears William Hall purchased both
properties from John Burkholder. Hall then leased the property to Willcockson
and McCullough until they could purchase it based on a timed payment. In the
meantime, they were tenants.

1785 Berks
County, Pennsylvania: 12 July 1785 will of James Boone, Sr. of Exeter Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania named wife Ann, various children now living including
Rachel Wilcockson. Proved 17 September 1785

(From website on Berks County
wills for Boones)

1785 Berks
County, Pennsylvania: 5 October 1785 Will of John Boone of Exeter Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania named nieces to include “Rachel Willcockson, wife of
William Willcockson.” Entered 30 March 1787.

John
Wilcoxon – 3 males 21 - 60, 1 male <16 or 60+, 3 females; two entries away is
William Wilcoxon - 1 male and 1 female 0-20 or 60+. Ages given for
William Wilcoxon are not compatible with his 1790 U.S. Census as noted below.
It is possible someone else was living on his property.

1788 September 12
- Rowan County: William Hall of Rowan County, North Carolina deeded to William
Wilcoxson of Berks County, State of Pennyslvania...for 244 pounds current
money, tract on waters of Bear Creek...to William Frobanks(?)...303 acres....
(Signed) William Hall (seal), Witness: Elizabeth ("x") Welch, John
("x") Wilcockson. Entered __ May 1792. (DB11/606)

1790 September
13: “Then William Wilcoxson and his family moved for North Carolina.” (From an
old Boone family record found in Reading, Pa.)

(The Boone
Family, by Hazel Atterbury Spraker, 1922, page 48.)

1790 U.S. Census
of Rowan County, North Carolina: William Wilcoxon has household of 3 males
21+, 2 males under 21 or over 60, 2 females, 2 slaves. Adjacent to his name on
the census list is John Wilcoxson, Sr. and John Wilcoxson, Jr.

Comment: Notice that there is only one William
Wilcoxson listed in 1790 Rowan County and another in 1790 Wilkes County. So
far none can be found for Berks County. This adds evidence that Rowan’s
William Wilcoxson is a son of John Wilcoxson and not Wilkes County’s William
Wilcoxson, son of Isaac Wilcoxson - deceased.

1793 Rowan County
Petitions to partition the county: William Willcockson, John Willcoxson
next to each other. Also signing is John Willcoxson, Jr.

1795 April 10
- Rowan County: William Wilcoxon sold to John Reese, both of Rowan
County, 393 acres as by the original grant, for 375 pounds, a tract of land
lying in Rowan County on the waters of Bear Creek bounded by William Frohock,
Thomas Maxwell, John Reese and meandering the creek. (Signed William
Willcockson (seal) and Rachel Willcockson (seal). Witnesses for John
Clement, Charles Burroughs, and Thomas "x" Dagley. Entered May term
1795.

(DB13/960, typescript court house copy)

1795 July 20 -
Rowan County: Daniel Lewis to William Wilcockson, both of Rowan County,
150 acres for 150 pounds on the waters of Bear Creek. Signed: Daniel ("D")
Lewis. Witnesses: John Roland and Samuel Kaufman. Entered August 1801. (DB17/696)

On this same date, John Willcockson deeded 30
acres to Daniel Lewis

1797: An old
Boone family record found in Reading, Pennsylvania noted “Rachel Wilcoxson came
from North Carolina to see us.”

(The Boone
Family by Hazel Atterbury Spraker, 1922)

1798 February 26
- Rowan County: John Willcockson of Rowan County, North Carolina deeded to William
Willcockson for 250 pounds, estimation of 160 acres on Bear Creek including
John Rowland’s line, now Edward Parkers to Jacob Keller corner. Witnesses were
Samuel Willcockson and Squire Willcockson. Signed: John ("x") Willcockson.
(DB19:256)

1800 U.S. Census
of Rowan County, North Carolina: William Wilcoxon has now a household
of one male and female 0-10, 1 male and female 16-26, 1 male and female 45+, 2
slaves

1806 May 12 -
Rowan County: William Wilcockson of Rowan County deeded to Jacob Holfer
of the same county 100 acres for $250 on the waters of Bear Creek in the forks of
the Yadkin, land of 262 acres granted by the State of North Carolina to Samuel
Bryant-? and (sold) to William Wilcockson. Signed: William Wilcockson. Witnesses:
Samuel __ and David McQuire. Entered August Court 1807. (DB21/95)

This apparently is the last Rowan County deed by
William Wilcockson.

1809 March 15 -
Montgomery County, Kentucky: Will of John Hodges is witnessed by William
Willcockson.

1815 Fayette
County, Kentucky: Be it rememebered that Daniel Bryant, have gone security in
___ bond for sum of $140.02 damages and costs for William Wilcoxson, that said
Bryant wishing…(security from)…has paid $120 for my use and benefit, otherwise
I, William Wilcoxson...sell...unto Daniel Bryant one dark chesnut sorrel
shed? horse, one bay mare, one sorrel, one sorell stud colt, and Baty colt…to
be put…into possession of William Bryant as trustee for his father Daniel
Bryant who said William Bryant is to have possession. (DB M/115.)

Comment: One interpretation of the 1787 tax list
might suggest William Wilcoxon was less than age 21, i.e. born 1767 or later.
The 1790 census might have another family living with him and limits age
estimation. The 1800 census indicates William and his wife are about age 45
or older. That would place their birth dates at or before 1755.

Children of
William Wilcoxson, son of John Wilcoxson

Help is Needed
Here

1. Rachel Wilcoxson, born __, and little is known about
her. She had one known son named “Israel Wilcoxen” (~1822 to 1898 Clark
County, Kentucky), who married 1st to Elizabeth Atkinson and 2nd
to Julia Ann Chism. Children of Israel Wilcoxen and Julia Ann Chism were (a)
Rachel Mildred Wilcox who married James William Chism, (b) James Wesley Wilcox
who married Susan Isabell Crowe, (c) Charles A. Wilcox who married Georgia?
Anne Hampton, (d) Sarah Frances Wilcox who married Johnc Wesley Fitzpatrick, (e)
Virginia Wilcox who married Simon Shearer, (f) Jasper Wilcox who married Fannie
J. Brown, (g) David Wilcox who married Sarah Jones, (h) Nancy Wilcox who
married Geroge W. Conley, (i) Dillard Wilcox who married Mary Lizzie Adams;
died in Spanish American War. Most descendants reported to still reside in
Clark County. With Israel’s 2nd marriage, surname was changed to Wilcox.

From Clark County KyGenWeb,
Wilcox Family of Clark County, Kentucky sumitteed by Carolyn Chism and pointed
out be Judy Brown, email courtesy 2/19/2012.

(Questionably) XIII.
David Wilcockson/Wilcox “I” was born 22 October 1742 and died 25 February
1834 at age 91 years, per garve stone at Gibsonville Cemetery, Giles County,
Tennessee. David married Kezia (Cassiah), maiden name suggested to be Cope,
but lacking evidence. Kezia, wife of David Wilcockson “I”, was born 16 July
1761 and died 18 December, Gibsonville Cemetery, per grave stone. See their
separate chapter for more details.

Part Four

Old Historical
Wilcoxson Letter:

A. Letter by William
Wilcoxson to Lyman Draper, postmarked December 25, (1863) Greensburg, Kentucky,
answering questions. From Draper Manuscript Collection, courtesy of Wisconsin
Historical Society, Series C, Volume 23, #57. Topic: Daniel Boone. The
manuscript does not state who his parents were. This writer believes this is
William Wilcoxson (1789-1874), who is the son of Daniel Wilcoxson, grandson of
John + Sarah Wilcoxson.

December 23, 1863

Dear Sir:

I received your letter inquiries. I have heard
my father say a great deal about Boone’s acts as a soldier, as they were old
hunters together, but the particulars now seem dim to me: One only seems fresh
in mind – that is, Boone’s daughter and two of Mr. Callaway’s at Boonesborough,
took a canoe across the river to hunt grapes. Five Indians captured them. The
girls knowing their fathers would follow them would gore(?) their high heel
shoes in the ground and make all the sign they could The Indians would shake
the tomahawk over their heads – the girls holding their heads to them and
saying “hit.” The Indians would laugh and say “good sojer.” They then put
them on a horse, when they would fall off, and pretend they couldn’t ride. The
Indians would again shake the tomahawk’s over their heads. The girls would
hold their heads, and tell them “hit.” The Indians would laugh and say, “Good
Sojer.” Between sunset and dark, (after) they camped on a small creek, the
fathers crawled up the creek opposite to them. Three of the Indians were
blowing up the fire and two getting wood, and the girls sitting on the log.
They fired on them, killed the three at the fire, and recaptured the girls, and
got them home safely. Yours, Wm. Wilcoxson

1809 October 17 –
Greenup County Court: John Willcoxen versus Richard Taylor Jr. There is an
injunction to stay proceedings on case. In a conversation Willcoxen had with
Taylor in 1806 concerning a tract of land above the mouth of Little Sandy which
Taylor said he owned and offered to sell to Willcoxen. Taylor said the title
was indisputable. (Willcoxen had just lately moved to the state and
wished to buy some land on which to settle his numerous family and agreed to
buy the 1000 acres.) Taylor knew the land had a prior claim by Abram Buford,
heir to Thos. Buford. (Benj. Euland lives on the land now, under Buford’s
claim.).

Deposition
of Andrew Hood and Benj. Ulin, 28 November 1807, both say they heard Willcoxen
agree to run the chance of losing the land.

Deposition
of Jesse B. Boone, 28 November 1807, says a few days after Mr. Willcoxen landed
at Mr. Nichols’, he and Mr. Nichols called at his (Boone’s) house on their way
up the river to see the two tracts belongs to Taylor and asked him to show them
the corners.

Talley’s Northeastern Kentucky
Papers, by William M. Talley, 1971, pages 142 and 144 as found in the Burton
Collection, Detroit Mi Public Library.

Comment from this writer: I am now
suspicious that this John Wilcoxen belongs to the Maryland line, but further
evidence is needed.